A Sea of Sweetness
“Yea,
He is altogether lovely. This is my Beloved, and this is my Friend.”-SONG OF SONGS 5:16 [KJV]
As
if she had said, “Look on Him in what respect or particular you
wish; cast your eye upon this lovely One, and view Him any way;
consider His person, His offices, His works, or any other thing
belonging to Him. You will find Him altogether lovely, there is
nothing disagreeable in Him, there is nothing lovely without Him.”
Jesus
Christ is the loveliest person souls can set their eyes upon. He is
the very essence of all delights and pleasures, the very soul and
substance of them! As all the rivers are gathered into the ocean,
which is the meeting-place of all the waters in the world--so Christ
is that ocean in which all true delights and pleasures meet!
Christ
infinitely transcends the most excellent and loveliest of created
things. The excellencies of our altogether lovely Christ are pure and
unmixed. He is a sea of sweetness without one drop of gall. “Yea,
He is altogether lovely. This is my Beloved, and this is my Friend.”
-Gospel
report by preacher John Flavel (1630–1691 A.D.)
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